{"product_id":"the-wind-up-bird-chronicle-by-haruki-murakami","title":"'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle' by Haruki Murakami","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"1341\" data-end=\"1842\"\u003eMurakami’s sprawling breakout novel begins with a missing cat and a drifting marriage, then opens into something much larger and stranger: war memory, psychic descent, sexual obsession, bureaucratic emptiness, violence, dream logic, everything.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1341\" data-end=\"1842\"\u003eToru Okada, a man almost comically passive, is pulled into a widening system of disappearances, testimonies, wells, and parallel realities. It’s one of Murakami’s best examples of making the mundane feel cosmically unstable. It's before he got commercialised, there's a lot more grit in here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1005\" data-end=\"1438\"\u003eOriginally published in Japanese in the mid-1990s and translated into English by Jay Rubin, this is one of Murakami’s major works: sprawling, hypnotic, disturbing, and much darker than the soft-focus “lonely man makes pasta” version of his reputation sometimes suggests. It is part detective story, part war novel, part metaphysical excavation, interested in what violence does when it is buried inside ordinary life and left to hum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-9\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-9\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-9\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-56\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"52dd4cc8-7676-4da6-a112-39b303a91543\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1728\" data-end=\"2174\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePanther paperback edition, first published in this form by The Harvill Press in 1999. Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin. General reading wear to cover and edges, with creasing to front cover\/spine area and bumped corners; internally readable and intact. Good solid reading copy of a desirable Murakami title.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44259637362771,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-05-26T110021.039.png?v=1779757256","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-wind-up-bird-chronicle-by-haruki-murakami","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}